diff --git a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index c557a2811f..fd5e036b44 100644
--- a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Update error handling on deployment commands (#2108)
 
 ## [4.0.4] - 2023-10-17
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/controller/publish-controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/controller/publish-controller.ts
index dd8c95efc0..cbc5819b9f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/controller/publish-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/controller/publish-controller.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import {ReaderFactory, IPFS_WRITE_ENDPOINT, isFileReference, validateCommonProjectManifest, mapToObject} from '@subql/common';
+import {
+  ReaderFactory,
+  IPFS_WRITE_ENDPOINT,
+  isFileReference,
+  validateCommonProjectManifest,
+  mapToObject,
+} from '@subql/common';
 import {parseAlgorandProjectManifest} from '@subql/common-algorand';
 import {parseCosmosProjectManifest} from '@subql/common-cosmos';
 import {parseEthereumProjectManifest} from '@subql/common-ethereum';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/utils.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
index b5c8b734eb..d9bc5072d5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ export async function checkToken(authToken_ENV: string, token_path: string): Pro
 }
 
 export function errorHandle(e: any, msg: string): Error {
-  if (axios.isAxiosError(e) as any) {
+  if ((axios.isAxiosError(e) as any) && e?.response?.data) {
     throw new Error(`${msg} ${e.response.data.message}`);
-  } else {
-    throw new Error(`${msg} ${e.message}`);
   }
+
+  throw new Error(`${msg} ${e.message}`);
 }
 
 export function buildProjectKey(org: string, projectName: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/node/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/node/CHANGELOG.md
index be750250f8..9afbb2aaa4 100644
--- a/packages/node/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/node/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-
 ## [3.0.7] - 2023-10-17
 ### Changed
 - Update with node-core 6.0.3